Process Engineer

Seeking a challenging position in the chemical engineering industry and related fields where experience and formal academic training will be fully utilized. Position must offer opportunities for professional development.

• Entry level as Cadet Engineer in the Production Department
• Learned principles of High Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) technology such as theories, process flows, key features, and interpretation of process and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s)
• Exposed to field operations of both HPAL and Mixed Sulfide (MS) Sections of the Production Department
• Became Main Distributed Control System (DCS) Operator/Acting Shift Leader of the MS section
• Familiar with Start-up, Shutdown, and troubleshooting operations of the De-Zinc, Mixed Sulfide, Chemicals, Final Neutralization Circuits, and Hydrogen Sulfide Plant
• Prepares checklists for start-up and hand-over activities
• Communicates directly with the Senior Supervisors (General Foreman and Japanese Supervisor), and with the field operators
• Makes decisions and recommendations related to the downstream operations and to the operation of the plant as a whole
• Prepares work requests for process optimization and development
• Involved in HPAL Line 2 (expansion project) Plant Commissioning through tie-in and modification activities
• Made contributions in the achievement of the plant’s nameplate capacity for the year 2007 (10,000 dry tons of nickel) by maximizing flow rates at the assigned areas of control, maintaining good reactions, minimizing nickel losses at the downstream processing, and optimizing the use of chemical reagents such as H2S gas, limestone, slaked lime, caustic soda, and flocculant
• Presently in-charge of making new Standard Operating Procedures as well as revising the old ones for Process B (Downstream Process)
• Officially appointed by the Plant Manager as member of the ISO Steering Committee for the implementation and certification of ISO Standards on Integrated Management Systems (Quality and Environment)

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Saint Louis University
• Successfully completed scholarship under the Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI)
• Received Certificates of Recognition from the University for being a recipient of national awards

Bank of the Philippine Islands – Department of Science and Technology (BPI-DOST) Science Awards 2006 – National Awardee
Official Philippine Youth delegate (Engineering) to the 2005 Eco-Minds Asia-Pacific Youth Forum
Bayer Young Environmental Envoy

Niihama Nickel Refinery Training, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
• Underwent training on safety, basic maintenance, and basic production
• Studied process of Matte Chlorine Leach and Electro-winning (MCLE) as method for nickel extraction and purification

Niihama Research Laboratory Training, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
• Carried out laboratory-scale experiments like Ore Preparation Tests, Autoclave Tests, and Neutralization Tests
• Studied the effect of using magnesium hydroxide in place of limestone as neutralizing reagent in the Pre-Neutralization Circuit

Assistant Radiological Health and Safety Officer, Coral Bay Nickel Corporation, Philippines
• Appointed by the Plant Manager, as certified by the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), to carry out duties regarding proper handling, inspection, and monitoring of nuclear instruments used at the hydrometallurgical processing plant
• Successfully completed 40 hours of “Safety in the Use of Nuclear Equipment and Devices Training Course”

Transition Training ISO 9001:2008 QMS with Highlights on ISO 14001:2004 EMS, Coral Bay Nickel Corporation, Philippines
• Attended the Pera Neville Clark training course on Quality and Environmental Management Systems

Geho Pumps Training, Coral Bay Nickel Corporation, Philippines
• Attended training on operation and maintenance of Geho pumps used at the High Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) Circuit and Final Neutralization Circuit